D5 A5 A5 G5 D5 A5 A5 G5 D5 Garden party held today A5 Invites call the debs to play A5 Social climbers polish ladders G5 D5 Wayward sons again have fathers A5 A5 G5 "Hello, Dad, hello, Dad" D5 Edgy eggs and queuing cumbers A5 Rudely wakened from their slumbers A5 Time has come again for slaughter G5 D5 On the lawns by still Cam waters A5 A5 G5 Cam slaughter, Cam slaughter A5 G5 D5 G5 Champagne corks are firing at the sun again A5 G5 D5 G5 Swooping swallows chased by violins again A5 G5 D5 G5 Strafed by Strauss they sulk in crumbling eaves again A5 G5 D5 G5 D5 A5 A5 G5 Again, oh God, not again D5 Aperitifs consumed en masse A5 Display their owners on the grass A5 Couples loiter in the cloisters G5 D5 A5 A5 G5 Social leeches quoting Chaucer D5 Doctor's son, a parson's daughter A5 Well, why not and should they oughta? A5 Please don't lie upon the grass G5 D5 Unless accompanied by a fellow A5 A5 G5 "May I be so bold as to perhaps suggest Othello?" A5 G5 D5 G5 "Punting on the Cam is jolly fun," they say A5 G5 D5 G5 "Beagling on the downs, oh, please do come," they say A5 G5 D5 G5 "Rugger is the tops, a game for men," oh, they say A5 G5 D5 G5 They say, good God, they say D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 I'm punting, I'm beagling, I'm wining, reclining, I'm rucking, I'm fucking G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 So welcome, it's a party D5 Angie chalks another blue C5 Mother smiles she did it too G5 Chitters chat and gossips lash C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 Posers pose, pressmen flash (flash, flash) flash (flash flash) flash D5 C5 Smiles polluted with false charm , locking on to Royal arms G5 C5 D5 C5 Society columns now ensured, return to mingle with the crowds G5 C5 Oh, what a crowd D5 C5 "Oh, punting on the Cam , oh, please do come," they say G5 C5 "Beagling on the downs, oh, please do come," they say D5 C5 "Garden party held today," they say G5 C5 D5 "Oh, please do come, oh, please do come," they say